Local Resident Hopeful Of Results After Fast Against FERC
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Subscribe by calling 908-686-7700. Periodicals postage paid at Newburgh, NY and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Independent Press or The Glen Ridge Paper P .O. Box 3639, Union, N.J. 07083-3639. The Independent Press Local resident hopeful of results after fast against FERC By Daniel Jackovino Staff Writer A Bloomfield res ident who took part in a n 18-day water-only demons tration against global warming is back home. Ted Glick, 65, of Broughton Avenue, along with 11 other individuals who were part of the environ- mental advocacy group Beyond Extreme Energy, protested outside the Washington, D.C. headquar- ters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis- sion, from Sept. 8 to 25. Demonstrators were protesting what they saw as the approval-only mentality of FERC commissioners for applications by natur al gas compa nies . Appr oval from the five FERC commissioners is required for interstate pipeline expansions. The protesters allege that emissions from these pipelines are a main factor in global warming. According to Glick, the fasting took a toll. “Ten of the 12 stayed on water-only,” he said in a telephone interview this weekend. “One person had a lot of difficulties around the 10th day. Another person went on liquids the 15th day because she’s going on a 900-mile walk from Rome to Paris.” Glick said she was making the walk as a demon- stration leading up to a major international confer- ence in Paris regarding the reduction of natural gas emissions by 2020. “It definitely was not easy,” Glick said of the fast. “One person, who lived in D.C., a 28-year-old, stayed home the last two days. He came back for the last day. He was really struggling the last week. But people were determined. I was physic ally weak from day 2.” The protest coincided with a visit to the capital by Pope Francis, who recently wrote an encyclical warn- ing nations that more effort must be made to care for the environment. In his encyclical, “Laudato Si, on the Care of Our Common Home,” the pope said poor people suffer the most from an uncared-for environment. Glick said the demonstration took place on the sidewalk outside the FERC headquarters, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church provided the group with sleeping accommodations at night and the National Nurses Union monitored the pro- testers. The group did considerable outreach, with Glick estimating the distribution of 10,000 flyers. Employ- ees of FERC were a main target. The Washington Post published a story about the protest on its next-to-last day. “We know we accomplished something with the people on the street and the employees,” Glick said. “We were getting through to them. We could see it and feel it.” According to Glick, concern about natural gas leaking from pipelines into the atmosphere has increased during the last five years. “It’s mostly in the Northeast,” Glick said, “the the rise of fracking, especially in Pennsylvania with so many fracking wells. FERC has to approve any interstate pipelines. And they approve everything. In a Jersey City court case, court papers showed FERC approved 160 pipelines in a row.” Fracking is the practice of collecting natural gas deposits by cracking underground rock formations with a pressurized mixture of water, sand and chem- icals. Glick, the national campaign coordinator for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a Mary- land-based environmental advocacy group, has said that fracking produces contaminates, and that natu- ral gas is 99-percent methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. “What else can we do?” Glick said of the protest. “Theoretically, we can consider violence. But we’re a nonviolent group. A hunger strike is what people do in prison. We’re in prison. It’s a desperate cry. We know it’s going to lead to a clean energy direction. It’s not a question of if, but of when.” He said the required FERC impact studies on nat- ural gas applications are not studies at all. “They’re a whitewash,” he said. Glick pointed out that a FERC impact study for a proposed natural gas compressor in Roseland, which was built, said the compressor was located a mile away from an electrical terminal. “It’s not a mile away,” Glick said. “I stepped it off. It’s about 700 feet away. It’s just an example of how they can get things wrong.” When they broke their fast, the protesters deliv- ered five copies of the pope’s environmental encyclical to FERC headquarters, one for each com- missioner. “I hope they read it,” Glick said. “It might be the most important thing for them to do.” Following the fast, the protesters were joined by approximately 150 people and bread was broken. “We might have done this when we did to support the pope, and bring it into the dialogue of what he’s about,” Glick said. He understood, a few days before the fast ended, that a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, Matthew Cartwright, had requested from the inspec- tor general of the Department of Energy, an investi- gation into the approval process of FERC. Glick said it was important to keep FERC in the spotlight. Photo ourtesy of Ted Glick Ted Glick, a local activist, has returned from a protest in Washington, D.C., where he participated in a water-only fast in condemnation of FERC practices. The environmental advocacy group, Beyond Extreme Energy, staged the protest to coincide with a visit to the capital by Pope Francis, who has come out in support of taking care of the environment. ‘FERC has to approve any interstate pipelines. And they a pprove ev ery- thing. In a Jersey City court case, court papers showed FERC approved 160 pipel ines in a r ow.’ — Ted Glick Environmental advocacy group’s protest in Washingt on D.C. puts spotlight on approval practices
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Local resident hopeful of results after fast against FERC
By Daniel JackovinoStaff Writer
A Bloomfield res ident who took part in an 18-day water-only demonstration against global warming is
back home.Ted Glick, 65, of Broughton Avenue, along with
11 other individuals who were part of the environ-mental advocacy group Beyond Extreme Energy,protested outside the Washington, D.C. headquar-ters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-sion, from Sept. 8 to 25. Demonstrators wereprotesting what they saw as the approval-only mentality of FERC commissioners for applications by natural gas companies . Approval from the fiveFERC commissioners is required for interstatepipeline expansions. The protesters allege thatemissions from these pipelines are a main factor in
global warming. According to Glick, the fasting took a toll.“Ten of the 12 stayed on water-only,” he said in a
telephone interview this weekend. “One person had alot of difficulties around the 10th day. Another person went on liquids the 15th day because she’s going on a900-mile walk from Rome to Paris.”
Glick said she was making the walk as a demon-stration leading up to a major international confer-ence in Paris regarding the reduction of natural gasemissions by 2020.
“It definitely was not easy,” Glick said of the fast.“One person, who lived in D.C., a 28-year-old, stayed
home the last two days. He came back for the last day.He was really struggling the last week. But people were determined. I was physically weak from day 2.”
The protest coincided with a visit to the capital by Pope Francis, who recently wrote an encyclical warn-ing nations that more effort must be made to carefor the environment. In his encyclical, “Laudato Si,on the Care of Our Common Home,” the pope saidpoor people suffer the most from an uncared-forenvironment.
Glick said the demonstration took place on thesidewalk outside the FERC headquarters, from 7 a.m.to 6 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church providedthe group with sleeping accommodations at nightand the National Nurses Union monitored the pro-testers.
The group did considerable outreach, with Glick estimating the distribution of 10,000 flyers. Employ-ees of FERC were a main target.
The Washington Post published a story about theprotest on its next-to-last day.
“We know we accomplished something with thepeople on the street and the employees,” Glick said. “We were getting through to them. We couldsee it and feel it.”
According to Glick, concern about natural gasleaking from pipelines into the atmosphere has
increased during the last five years.“It’s mostly in the Northeast,” Glick said, “the therise of fracking, especially in Pennsylvania with so
many fracking wells. FERC has to approve any interstate pipelines. And they approve everything.In a Jersey City court case, court papers showed
FERC approved 160 pipelines in a row.”Fracking is the practice of collecting natural gas
deposits by cracking underground rock formations with a pressurized mixture of water, sand and chem-icals. Glick, the national campaign coordinator forthe Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a Mary-land-based environmental advocacy group, has saidthat fracking produces contaminates, and that natu-ral gas is 99-percent methane, a powerful greenhousegas.
“What else can we do?” Glick said of the protest.“Theoretically, we can consider violence. But we’re anonviolent group. A hunger strike is what people do
in prison. We’re in prison. It’s a desperate cry. Weknow it’s going to lead to a clean energy direction. It’snot a question of if, but of when.”
He said the required FERC impact studies on nat-ural gas applications are not studies at all.
“They’re a whitewash,” he said.Glick pointed out that a FERC impact study for a
proposed natural gas compressor in Roseland, which was built, said the compressor was located a mileaway from an electrical terminal.
“It’s not a mile away,” Glick said. “I stepped it off.It’s about 700 feet away. It’s just an example of how they can get things wrong.”
When they broke their fast, the protesters deliv-ered five copies of the pope’s environmentalencyclical to FERC headquarters, one for each com-missioner.
“I hope they read it,” Glick said. “It might be themost important thing for them to do.”
Following the fast, the protesters were joined by approximately 150 people and bread was broken.
“We might have done this when we did to supportthe pope, and bring it into the dialogue of what he’sabout,” Glick said.
He understood, a few days before the fast ended,that a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania,Matthew Cartwright, had requested from the inspec-
tor general of the Department of Energy, an investi-gation into the approval process of FERC. Glick saidit was important to keep FERC in the spotlight.
Photo ourtesy of Ted Glick
Ted Glick, a local activist, has returned from a protest inWashington, D.C., where he participated in a water-only fastin condemnation of FERC practices. The environmental
advocacy group, Beyond Extreme Energy, staged the protestto coincide with a visit to the capital by Pope Francis, whohas come out in support of taking care of the environment.
‘FERC has to approveany interstate pipelines.
And they approve every-thing. In a Jersey Citycourt case, court papersshowed FERC approved 160 pipelines in a row.’
— Ted Glick
Environmental advocacy group’s protest in Washington D.C. puts spotlight on approval practices
